People v. Abney

OPINION OF THE COURT

Friedman, J.

Defendant was convicted of robbing a 13-year-old girl at knife-point based on the victim’s eyewitness testimony. Defendant argues that the conviction should be reversed, and the case remanded for a new trial, based on the trial court’s refusal to permit the defense to present expert testimony on the reliability of eyewitness identifications. We disagree. Even if the proffered expert testimony was relevant to the reliability of the identification at issue, here there was evidence corroborating that identification. Thus, People v LeGrand (8 NY3d 449 [2007]),…